A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage
A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage

Author: Bergen Evans

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13:

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Lively and readable, this book provides clear answers to questions of grammar, word preferences, effective style, punctuation, idiomatic phrases, spelling and literally thousands of similar problems that arise frequently in the use of the English language.

Garner's Modern American Usage
Garner's Modern American Usage

Author: Bryan A. Garner

Publisher: Oxford University

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 930

ISBN-13: 0195161912

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Painstakingly researched with copious citations from books, newspapers, and news magazines, this new edition has become the classic reference work praised by professional copy editors.

The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists

Author: Ann Lee Morgan

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 0195373219

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In this dictionary of American art, 945 alphabetically arranged entries cover painters, sculptors, graphic artists, photographers, printmakers, and contemporary hybrid artists, along with important aspects of the cultural infrastructure.

Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary

Author: John A. Simpson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2002-04-18

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780195218893

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The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.

Beginner's Dictionary of American English Usage, Second Edition
Beginner's Dictionary of American English Usage, Second Edition

Author: Peter Collin

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Published: 2002-07-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780071396554

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Selling more than 58,000 in its first edition, Beginner's Dictionary of American English Usage has been revised and brought right up-to-date to contain today's 4,000 most commonly used words. Definitions are simple and brief, utilizing only words contained within the dictionary's pages. If you want to learn English as spoken by Americans, this dictionary is for you. It's easy to follow and absolutely indispensable. Each entry offers at least one example sentence, identifies parts of speech, and lists multiple meanings.

Garner's Modern American Usage
Garner's Modern American Usage

Author: Bryan Garner

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-08-27

Total Pages: 1007

ISBN-13: 0199888779

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Since first appearing in 1998, Garner's Modern American Usage has established itself as the preeminent guide to the effective use of the English language. Brimming with witty, erudite essays on troublesome words and phrases, this book authoritatively shows how to avoid the countless pitfalls that await unwary writers and speakers whether the issues relate to grammar, punctuation, word choice, or pronunciation. Now in the third edition, readers will find the "Garner's Language-Change Index," which registers where each disputed usage in modern English falls on a five-stage continuum from nonacceptability (to the language community as a whole) to acceptability, giving the book a consistent standard throughout. Garner's Modern American Usage, 3e is the first usage guide ever to incorporate such a language-change index, and the judgments are based both on Garner's own original research in linguistic corpora and on his analysis of hundreds of earlier studies. Another first in this edition is the panel of critical readers: 120-plus commentators who have helped Garner reassess and update the text, so that every page has been improved.